[20] The sister of Svein had fled to Olaf’s court for protection against a detested marriage, whereon Olaf had become enamored of and married the fair fugitive. As Queen Sigrid had formerly been jilted by Olaf his marriage had been a sore blow to her.—G. T. F.
[21] Derived from an old Italian word meaning astuteness or shrewdness.—G. T. F.
[22] Froissart’s “Chronicles.”
[23] The reader scarcely needs to be informed that, in the time of Gibbon, the British East India Company was the practical maister of Hindostan.
[24] Philip II, king of Spain.—G. T. F.
[25] A noted Protestant general, to whom Wallenstein had been opposed in more than one campaign.
[26] Ferdinand of Austria, the head of the Catholic League of Germany and Spain, by whom the Thirty Years’ War was inaugurated.—G. T. F.
[27] The time of life selected by Macaulay for this picture was just prior to William’s accession to the English throne.—G. T. F.
[28] Father of Charles James Fox, whose picture is given by Lecky in another sketch.—G. T. F.
[29] King of Spain.